Vintage Inspiration Friday:# 57 Fall Front Porch Inspiration

I have to tell ya,

decorating my porch sort of gives me fits.

I'm not sure what it is that does it.

Shaded, wide steps, small porch...

whatever it is, I never am satisfied with the outcome.

Here are some inspiration photos from Pinterest that I love.

You can see I go for the more "natural" look of mums and pumpkins...

I'll take the house that goes with this front porch!!!

I like this too, but I'd do "natural pumpkins" not metallic.

OK, so here's mine,

still a work in progress!

NEEDS MORE PUMPKINS AND MUMS!

WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN TASTEFUL AND TOO MUCH?

I'll be testing this hypothesis...

Click here to see more of my "porch-in-progress".

So now from last week's partiers:

Melinda from Alabaster Rose shows us that

decorating for Fall doesn't have to include orange pumpkins.

See her bedroom transition with this gorgeous ceiling tile and basket

The Pennington Point

shows us her wonderful Living Room with a Scripture wall.

Please run by and check out her complete post,

it's amazing!

Marianne of Country Glamour Home

decorates her favorite cupboard for Fall

Gail's Decorative Touch has a wonderful mantle shelf in her living room

love her use of black and neutrals for Fall Decor.

And Debbie from Confessions of a Plate Addict wows us again

 with her fab take-off on the Country Living pumpkins!!

I'm linking up with these great parties:

     

Hope you'll link up your Fabulous Fall Fun

Pretty Please, put a link back to Common Ground

within your post or a button picture with a link on the sidebar.

It's such a huge bummer to come visit and there's no sign of

this party anywhere on the blog!

thank you!!!

I'm having a terrible time leaving comments.

they keep disappearing.

I know I'm not the only one.

I get a notice that says my cookies are null for comment form resoration,

or something like that.

Any help would be appreciated.

(grrrrrrr....)

xoxo,

love you guys!

Snuggle up

These crisp Fall days

 hold such a fascination for me.

The colors of the leaves and sky;

 the critters, (squirrel,s chipmunks, and birds)

 all scurrying around

filling their pantries for the cold winter days ahead.

My old chippy Adirondack chair

calls out for a good book and a hot mug of cider.

I love to mix the patterns of plaid, stripes, and florals.

Pendleton and Scottish blankets are my favorite cuddle on these cool days.

Halloween is over,

but Fall will still be here awhile.

My mums and ferns survived a killing frost last week,

but soon it will be too cold to try to cover them.

I just wanted to say "Thanks" again,

for the great turnout for

 Vintage Inspiration Friday!

We made a trip to St. Louis to visit our kids,

so we were constantly on the go.

Come back Friday, I have some wonderful photos

of the local fun.

I'm joining Kathleen for White Wednesday

and Cindy for Show and Tell Friday

Hope you're having a wonderful week!

(I'm pooped!)

love,

Debra

Come Join the Fun

Just scroll down to the next post and link up!

see ya there!

Vintage Inspiration #6 Porch Party!!

Hi Everyone!

Today is the day for the

Fall Porch Party

here at

Vintage Inspiration Friday!

Welcome to my Home

Our house faces south, but with all the large trees around here,

we don't get a lot of sun on the porch.

And since my hard maple in front,

 doesn't show Fall color till later this month,

I have a lot of shade and dappled sunlight.

I love having a front porch, wish it was larger,

but I enjoy decorating what I have,

and the stairs give me a great place to display my mums and pumpkins.

Earlier, I was trying to think of what to use this year on the porch,

Then I remembered my concrete planters in the back full of impatiens.

They were repotted and I hauled these babies up front,

to hold my mums.

(And I do mean HAULED)

HEAVY!!!

I have several vintage metal picnic tins,

and love to include them in my vignettes

since I can cram fill them full of vintage goodies and plants.

These little guys were needing a big drink.

I love mums and pumpkins of every color and variety.

My orange watering can is hiding back there. 

super duper cute curly stem on this one

Love my little "Half" park bench chair

although my son in law fusses every time they have to drag luggage

through the front door..."hey", Keith!!

I've had mysweet little concrete Momma and Baby squirrels for over 20 years. 

Hope you'll  join in on the party!

Just grab a pumpkin,

and your camera,

and take a pic.

Remember, even if your not doing your porch today,

please join in with whatever vintage inspiration

that you may have!

October Give Away!!!

Just be a party goer and you're automatically entered!

Have a Wonderful Inspired Week!

love,

Debra